This axis brings together 1 locus of use of this verse in the books of Muhammad Shahrur, linking it to the concepts and arguments that appear around it.

Text of the verse as cited

SEEK FORGIVENESS FROM YOUR LORD; INDEED, HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MOST FORGIVING * HE WILL SEND THE SKY UPON YOU WITH ABUNDANT RAIN * AND PROVIDE YOU WITH WEALTH AND SONS

Brief reading

Shahrur reads it as an indication of a later social transformation associated with the emergence of livestock, settlement, and production.

Axes

  • Political and social
  • Narrative and historical
  • Wealth and sons: 2

Its place in the network of concepts

It falls within a historical reading of the signs of transformation in society.

The verse’s role in the argument

  • Support: 1

Loci of use

  • Qur’anic Narratives, vol. 2, p. 37: He reads it as a prophecy of a later social transformation associated with the emergence of livestock, settlement, and production.
    • Concept: Wealth and sons
    • Function of the verse here: Support
    • Textual citation: «{ … SEEK FORGIVENESS FROM YOUR LORD … AND PROVIDE YOU WITH WEALTH AND SONS…} (Noah 10–12)»

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